Welcome to Blackpast

BlackPast - African American and Global African History

Welcome to BlackPast

This 6,000 page reference center is dedicated to providing information to the general public on African American history and the history of more than one billion people of African ancestry around the world.  We invite you to explore and use all the resources of BlackPast.

Explore African American History

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William Parker (?—–?)
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Cockstock Affair (1844)
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Frances Ellen Watkins Harper (1825-1911)
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Prentice Herman Polk (1898-1985)

Explore Global African History

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Yamoussoukro, Côte d’Ivoire (1909- )
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James Africanus Beale Horton (1835-1883)
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Cartola (1908–1980)
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Guillaume Guillon-Lethière (1760–1832)

Perspectives in African American and Global African History

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The Black Presence in Theater through the Centuries in the Historical Dictionary of African American Theater
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Arkansas Pioneers in Flight: African Americans in Aviation from the Natural State, 1932 to 1953.
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Deep Roots Across the Atlantic: Rice and Race in Africa and the Americas
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The Racial Politics of Miss America

Special Features & Resources

101 African American Firsts
Genealogy Resources
Major African American Office Holders since 1641
STEM Innovators